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Psalms 115:17 — King James Version← Study notes

The dead praise not the Lord, neither any that go down into silence.


Psalms 115:17Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 115:178 words
HebrewMeaning
לֹ֣אlōʾ
notparticleH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
הַ֭/מֵּתִיםhamētiym
the deadparticleH4191
at all · crying · man · one) ···
יְהַֽלְלוּyəhaləlw
they will praiseverbH1984
celebrate · commend · (deal · make) ···
יָ֑הּyāh
YahwehnounH3050
the Lord · most vehement. Compare names in '-iah · ' '-jah.'
וְ֝/לֹ֗אwəlōʾ
and notconjH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
כָּלkāl
allnounH3605
) · altogether · any · enough ···
יֹרְדֵ֥יyōrədēy
those who go down ofverbH3381
abundantly · carry down · cast down · come down ···
דוּמָֽהdwmāh
silencenounH1745
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Church Fathers on Psalms 115:17

1. “Not unto us, O Lord, not unto us, but unto Your Name give the praise” Psalm 113:1. For that grace of the water that gushed from the rock (“now that rock was Christ” 1 Corinthians 10:4), was not given on the score of works that had gone before, but of His mercy “that justifies the ungodly.” Romans 4:5 For “Christ died for sinners,” that men might not seek any glory of their own, but in the Lord's Name. 2. “For Your loving mercy, and for Your truth's sake” Psalm 113:2.…

Augustine · 4th century · Exposition on Psalm 115
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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